yapc: Yet Another Perl Conference

North America 2004

June 16-18
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

Breaking News

June 11, 2004: The lightning talks have been selected and posted. Check 'em out.

Deadline approaching: We can only take dorm reservations until June 1, so please register soon if you want to stay in the dorms. Also, if you register after June 4, we can't promise a spot at the dinner, so register today!

What is YAPC?

YAPC is "yet another Perl conference", with apologies to
The Perl Conference.
This is an inexpensive (US$ 85 for 3 days) conference with its roots in the
Perl Mongers Perl users groups.

While The Perl Conference plays an important role in the Perl community, there
are some things that fall through the cracks at such a large, relatively
corporate conference. Attendance fees of $1,000 or more are prohibitive,
especially to students (though there are deep student discounts); furthermore,
the conference is on the West Coast, incurring travel expenses for those in the
east, on top of the conference expense. YAPC is driven from the bottom
up, organized by and for Perl users -- a grassroots conference.

YAPC began as a smaller, regional version of TPC in the Eastern USA, hosted
by Carnegie Mellon University, and has become
a series of conferences held in multiple
areas of the globe, all aimed at bringing together the Perl community in an
accessible manner.